John Higham (historian)
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John William Higham (October 26, 1920 – July 26, 2003) was an American historian, scholar of American culture, historiography and ethnicity.[1] In the 1950s he was a prominent critic of consensus history. Historian Dorothy Ross says, "The multi-ethnic environment of his early life in Queens, the wartime optimism, and his immersion in Progressive history, with its fundamental faith in American democracy, gave him a vision of an egalitarian, cosmopolitan, American nationalism in which he never lost faith."[2]
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John Higham | |
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Born | (1920-10-26)October 26, 1920 Jamaica, Queens, New York, USA |
Died | July 26, 2003(2003-07-26) (aged 82) Baltimore, Maryland, USA |
Education | Johns Hopkins University Yale University University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Occupation | Historian |
Spouse |
Eileen Moss (m. 1948) |
Military career | |
Service/ | United States Army Air Force |
Battles/wars | World War II |
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